20 Nov
2001
20 Nov
'01
4:44 a.m.
Ben Franchuk
Neil Cherry wrote:
On the other note of piece meal components,
I've found that with a lot of
imagination one can take advantage of today's uControllers to build some
of the coolest stuff. Processors cost ~$6, 3 pcbs (~2"x3") $50, add the
components and a single hand built board can cost <$100. PLD's, FPGA, etc.
etc.. Man do we live in interesting times (both good and bad).
But one problem is that almost all real I/O is handled
by hard to
find semi-custiom chips - PC motherboards come to mind. Many of the
older I/O devices are too slow to be of value. Ben Franchuk.
This is, of course, too true. We can emulate them with the FPGA's but
you have to understand how they work. I've been doing some creative
work with alternate parts but I haven't had time to sit down with the
really powerful chips. So little time so many projects.
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